Curriculum vitae
Education
Ph.D., Economics, The Graduate Center, City University of New Yorkexpected 2027
M.Phil., Economics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York2022
M.A., Economics (accelerated B.A./M.A. program), University of Massachusetts Amherst2016
B.A., Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst2015
Dissertation: Second-Generation Rent Control and New Construction (defended 23 October 2026). Committee: Matthew Baker (advisor and chair), Christos Giannikos, Jonathan Conning.
Fields
Dissertation: Urban Economics and Housing Policy
Ph.D. fields: Public Economics (field examination passed with High Pass; examiners Paul Krugman and Timothy Goodspeed); Labor Economics and Economic Development (coursework fields)
Research: Urban Economics, Real Estate and Housing Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy, Applied Microeconomics
Papers
Job market paper. Second-Generation Rent Control and New Housing Construction: Evidence from Oregon's SB 608
Working papers. By Generation and by Design: A Review of the Empirical Rent Control Literature; State Preemption of Rent Control: Adoption, Diffusion, and Effects on Housing Supply
Other. “The Government’s Share of Health Expenditure: Effects on Life Expectancy & Healthcare Cost Efficiency,” Massachusetts Undergraduate Journal of Economics, 2014.
Teaching experience
Adjunct Lecturer, Liberal Studies, New York UniversityAugust 2024 – Present
- Principles of Microeconomics: Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026, Fall 2026 (two sections).
- Principles of Macroeconomics: Fall 2024, Spring 2026 (two sections).
Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College, CUNYAugust 2017 – June 2024
- Taught over 30 sections in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, and Urban Economics.
- Urban Economics (6 sections), Industrial Organization (5), Labor Economics (3), Elementary Macroeconomics (3), Elementary Microeconomics (3), Intermediate Microeconomics (2), Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics (2), Microeconomics, M.A. level (1).
- Designed course syllabi, lesson plans, exams, and assignments.
Teaching Assistant, Barnard CollegeAugust 2018 – December 2021
- Led recitations and graded for Theoretical Foundations of Political Economy (ECON BC3041), a lecture course required of Barnard economics majors, under Professor André Burgstaller.
Adjunct Lecturer, Baruch College, CUNYJanuary 2019 – May 2020
- Taught introductory Macroeconomics (ECO 1002) in lecture sections of about 80 students.
Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College, CUNYJanuary – December 2025
- Introduction to Microeconomics: Spring 2025, Fall 2025 (two sections).
- Introduction to Macroeconomics: Spring 2025.
Teaching Assistant, Hunter College, CUNYSeptember – December 2016
- Led review sessions for multiple courses before midterm and final exams.
Research experience
Research Assistant, Course Development, CORE Economics Education (Columbia University and Barnard College)January – June 2020
- Helped develop the CORE Econ introductory curriculum adopted by Columbia and Barnard, writing content in Industrial Organization, Microeconomics, and Labor Economics.
Research Assistant to Professor Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts AmherstJanuary 2014 – May 2016
- Constructed, cleaned, and analyzed a large Afrobarometer dataset for the project “Trust, Ethnicity and Inequality in Africa: An Empirical Study.”
Honors and awards
Excellence in Teaching Award, Koppelman School of Business, Brooklyn College2022, 2024
Tuition Fellowship, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Sallie Mae Fund Student Fellowship Award, Ph.D. Program in Economics, The Graduate Center2018
Professional memberships
- American Economic Association
Technical skills
Proficient in R, Stata, LaTeX, and Python.